Clowning

headlights of cars as they appear alongside desolate country roads in the dead of night.This isn't the first time there has been a wave of clown sightings in the United States. After eerily similar events occurred in the Boston area in the 1980s, Loren Coleman, a cryptozoologist who studies the folklore behind mythical beasts such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, came up with something called "The Phantom Clown Theory," which attributes the proliferation of clown sightings to mass hysteria, usually sparked by incidents witnessed only by children. The scary clown craze is created by social media exaggeration which seems to have already ended. It's impossible to determine which of these incidents are hoaxes and which are bona fide tales of clowning around taken to the extreme. Nonetheless, the perpetrators seem to be capitalizing on our longstanding love-hate relationship with clowns, tapping into the primal dread that so many children (and more than a few adults) experience in their presence. In fact, a 2008 study conducted in England revealed that very few children actually like clowns. It also concluded that the common practice of decorating children's wards in hospitals with pictures of clowns may create the exact opposite of a nurturing environment. It's no wonder so many people hate Ronald McDonald. I'm not just interested in pointing out that clowns give us the creeps; I'm also interested in why we find them so disturbing. While the study was not specifically…

The Clown Panic Seen from a Social Psychology Standpoint The article I chose was about the recent anxiety about clowns caused by the plague of aggressive individuals dressed as clowns in America. Ruben Castaneda, a staff writer of U.S. News, wrote this article on the 17th of October of this year. The best chapter to accompany this article would be chapter 12 Social Psychology. I used this chapter to understand why the mass hysteria has a spread, the reason behind people's behavior caused by the…

This behavior is a call out for some sort of help. The child that is clowning could possibly be undergoing some sort of stress that they are trying to hide or cover up. If a child finds the work they have in front of them too difficult they may result to clowning to avoid doing the task. Talking to the clowning child is the first step in finding out what are the reasons for this behavior. Also observe for patterns of the clowning behaviors that can be reported back to child. Set some time…

Tommy is the founder of clowning and he tells the story of using dance as an outlet, to break away from the violence surrounding him. In the video, Tommy is referred to as a father figure to kids and young adults in the community. Tommy refers to his young group of dancers as “clown dancers”. He disciplines them as a father would, and if they mess up, they cannot “clown.” There are several scenes that show Tommy with the groups of children and young adults. It is reiterated several times…

The person I am researching about is Rene Bazinet. His real name is Rene Fiener , but his adopted father, Sgt. Major Bazinet, gave him his last name. He was born in Bochum, Germany then moved to Canada when his mother married. Bazinet went to college at John Abbot College in Quebec , there he was discovered for his talent of the mimes. He left for a theatre school in Paris and there he made his first appearance. He was a street performer for nine years when he met his life-long friend, David…

calmness. She transcended her daily experiences, if only in that brief moment; she was free of any oppression in those moment. Like her, I was able to become something more, and to let go, to be free in those moments through dance. Clowning style and its evolution into Krumping, by the former students, were a new concept to me. I have seen similar styles with absolutely no knowledge of the background. At first, it seems off-putting, harsh, angry, and violent. Then, taking a deeper look, you…

Moving on to the era of silent films which extends from the late nineteenth century, with the earliest work by the Lumière Brothers in France and Edison in America acts became much bigger, crazier and widely spread. Here to clowning had moved over and become big in the silent films. One such name that rose to the top during this era is Charlie Chaplin who took the world by storm with his slapstick comedy. During the Silent movie era, comedy was big and people loved it because it was slapstick…

In the movie Rize, an escalation of positive impact to a battle of two distinct styles of dancing, takes over the inner city of Los Angeles known as Watts. “Tommy the Clown” implements a company, and later a style known as “clowning.” that is taken up by adults and children of all ages, backgrounds, and physical statuses within the community. Based on an analysis of such a plot, the title “Rize” could be inferred to rhetorically describe the movement that this ‘clown’ began, “rising” from a solo…

points that stick out where things that are happening might not be what the reader or viewer or even the characters in the story think that they are. At one point in the story, the Governess wakes up in the middle of the night to find Miles taking a walk alone outside in the garden. She runs outside to get him and they get back in his room. There he tells her about how he wanted to keep her entertained so she didn’t get bored so he opted to behave badly. It’s essentially the equivalent of a…

Sodapop Curtis is a person I found interesting in the novel The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton. He really stood out to me because he reminds of people in my life.A lot of my friends relate to Sodapop, not necessarily his smarts or the things he does that is wrong. I mean his character traits. He is very sensitive, loyal, and enjoyable person. In the book, there are many example of his traits. Loyal is a word to describe Sodapop. One way he is loyal is because he listens to ponyboy, his brother, even…